diff --git a/SPECS/texlive-base.spec b/SPECS/texlive-base.spec
index 68d0cd2..68b1294 100644
--- a/SPECS/texlive-base.spec
+++ b/SPECS/texlive-base.spec
@@ -6545,14 +6545,14 @@ done
 %build
 # Make texlive generate latex.fmt, so that multiple threads do not race to
 # make it during the xindy build.
-cat > dummy.tex << EOF
-\documentclass{article}
-\begin{document}
-This is a document.
-\end{document}
-EOF
-latex dummy.tex
-rm -f dummy.*
+#cat > dummy.tex << EOF
+#\documentclass{article}
+#\begin{document}
+#This is a document.
+#\end{document}
+#EOF
+#latex dummy.tex
+#rm -f dummy.*
 
 # When redhat-rpm-config is updated in all stable targets, this conditional can go away
 export LDFLAGS="%{__global_ldflags}"